<p>@Frenchboy, why shouldn’t prospective law students buy into the “top 14 crap?” While I admit it is crap, every prospective law student should absolutely buy into it because it is an unfortunate reality that the legal market is overflowing with lawyers and the demand for them has decreased significantly. It is unrealistic for a student to graduate law school and automatically expect a 100k salary. That won’t happen for most students, even students in the top 14. Now if you graduate from Harvard or Yale, then you could probably expect a salary like that assuming you get a job offer from a firm on wall street or another top firm. Of course that kind of job and salary aren’t guaranteed to Harvard grads either especially in this economy and you will see that some are also having trouble finding employment. It appears that if you want a decent shot at finding a job, you need to aim for top 14/15 or a local tier 1 school if you plan on living in that city. Now there was an article on yahoo finance recently that says the legal market is picking up and the demand for lawyers is expected to increase a few percent, this still in no way guarantees a job for every lawyer - and graduates from the top 14 are most likely going to be receiving these jobs unless you have connections or something. Even though i’ve always wanted to go to law school, I won’t be attending if I don’t get into top 15. You’ll see a lot of board users at top-law-schools.com feel the same way.</p>